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As of this week, half of the states in the U.S. are under restrictive age verification laws that require adults to hand over their biometric and personal identification to access legal porn.

Missouri became the 25th state to enact its own age verification law on Sunday. As it’s done in multiple other states, Pornhub and its network of sister sites—some of the largest adult content platforms in the world—pulled service in Missouri, replacing their homepages with a video of performer Cherie DeVille speaking about the privacy risks and chilling effects of age verification.

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[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

For anyone curious, the privacy video is in their latest(?) blog post on their site. It should be viewable anywhere as it's outside the NSFW area and before the 18+ notice.

(Just bear in mind that while it should be SFW, it is still under a porn-site's domain.)

https://www.pornhub.com/blog/age-verification-in-the-news

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] Avenging5@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago

Freedom! Fuck yeah!

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago

We need to keep our voters angry

I have an amazing idea

[–] BillyTheKid@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good thing I know how to use VPNs

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[–] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I'm going back to physical media. Guess that will include my porn soon too.

Hmm, might actually still have some old playboy somewhere 🤔

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[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I suppose dvd order porn will become a thing once again.

Or alternatively we can start sharing bootleg USBs with our friends.

The Internet had begun its enshitification stage, as governments look to control and lock down access to the internet people will find new and creative ways to bypass these barriers. For one, things like Tor or going back to DVDs and physical media might get more main stream.

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This is the future you all dreamed of.

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